...well, that was easy...

Okay, I probably feel a little whiffy--but in a good way (2 cups of tea). They made me walk to my surgery this a.m. and left me awake while they prepped. When I inquired about the anesthesia being similar to that used during my colonoscopy, the anesthetist quipped that he had much better drugs than the colon people do. I was awake when they ran their checklist (see A. Gawande: The Checklist Manifesto) then bye-bye. They awakened me during their clean up and back in recovery I was surprised to see that I had probably been out for only 30-40 minutes. No residual discomfort as yet but there is hydrocodone awaiting that eventuality. I was ravenous upon arriving home and made myself my usual french omelette with cheese, a fresh garden tomato and NM green chilies, accompanied by an Einstein's Everything bagel and a couple kinds of fruit.. It don't get no better. I report this detail, because it will probably be an interesting contrast with my forthcoming interest/disinterest in food after a few chemo sessions. A little r&r today, else what's retirement for?